Business Experience of Members of the Board of Directors

Business Experience of Members of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Entity abbreviations used in the Business Experience section below are as follows.

President & Group CEO (Representative Executive Officer)
Member of the Board of Directors

Masahiro Kihara (born on August 21, 1965)

Business Experience
January 2014	Project Manager / Risk Governance Enhancement Project Team of FG
April 2017	Executive Officer / General Manager of Risk Management Department of SC
April 2018	Executive Officer / General Manager of Financial Planning Department of SC
April 2019	Executive Officer / Joint Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group and Joint Head of Global Finance of SC
April 2020	Managing Executive Officer / Deputy Head of Strategic Planning Group and Deputy Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group of FG
	Managing Executive Officer / Head of Strategic Planning Group and Head of Financial Control & Accounting Group and In charge of Markets Strategic Intelligence Department (until October 2020) and Head of Global Finance of SC
April 2021	Managing Executive Officer / Head of Global Products Unit and Deputy Head of Corporate & Institutional Company and Deputy Head of Global Corporate Company of FG (Senior Executive Officer from July 2021)
	Managing Executive Officer / Head of Global Corporate Division and Head of Global Products Unit of BK
February 2022	President & Group CEO / Head of Global Products Unit of FG Member of the Board of Directors of BK (until April 2024) Member of the Board of Directors of TB (current) Member of the Board of Directors of SC (current)
April 2022	President & Group CEO of FG  (Member of the Board of Directors, President & Group CEO from June 2022) (current)
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Member of the Board of Directors of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.

 

Senior Executive Officer /
Group Chief Human Resources Officer (Group CHRO)
Group Chief Digital Officer (Group CDO)
Member of the Board of Directors

Nobuhiro Kaminoyama (born on April 25, 1968)

Business Experience
April 2015	Joint General Manager of Group Human Resources Division of FG
April 2017	General Manager of Corporate Banking Department No.9 of BK
June 2018	General Manager of Corporate Secretariat of FG
April 2019	Executive Officer / General Manager of Corporate Secretariat of FG
April 2021	Managing Executive Officer / Head of Human Resources Group and General Manager of Corporate Secretariat of FG
	Managing Executive Officer / Head of Human Resources Group and General Manager of Corporate Secretariat of BK (Managing Executive Officer / Head of Human Resources Group from June 2021)
	Managing Executive Officer / Head of Human Resources Group and General Manager of Corporate Secretariat of TB (Managing Executive Officer / Head of Human Resources Group from June 2021)
	Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Secretariat of SC (until June 2021)
June 2021	Member of the Board of Directors, Managing Executive Officer / Head of Human Resources Group of FG (Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer / Head of Human Resources Group* from July 2021) * Group Chief Human Resources Officer from Apr 2022 (Due to the change of position titles)
April 2023	Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer / Group Chief Human Resources Officer (Group CHRO) of FG
	Managing Executive Officer / Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of BK
	Managing Executive Officer / Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of TB
April 2024	Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Executive Officer / Group Chief Human Resources Officer (Group CHRO) / Group Chief Digital officer (Group CDO) of FG (current)
	Managing Executive Officer / Chief Digital officer (CDO) of BK (current)
	Managing Executive Officer / Chief Digital officer (CDO) of of TB (current)
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

 

Chairman (Kaicho), Member of the Board of Directors^*
*Chairman (Kaicho) Imai engages in the company's external activities, but does not chair the Board meetings. The Board meetings are chaired by the independent director chair Izumi Kobayashi.

Seiji Imai (born on June 25, 1962)

Business Experience
April 2014	Executive Officer / General Manager of Seoul Branch of BK
April 2016	Managing Executive Officer / Head of Asia & Oceania excl. East Asia of FG Managing Executive Officer / Head of Asia & Oceania excl. East Asia of BK
April 2018	Senior Managing Executive Officer / Head of Global Corporate Company of FG (until April 2020)
April 2019	Deputy President & Executive Officer of BK
April 2020	Senior Managing Executive Officer / Head of Corporate & Institutional Company and Head of Global Products Unit of FG
April 2021	Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer / Head of Corporate & Institutional Company and Head of Global Corporate Company of FG  (Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President & Senior Executive Officer from June 2021)
April 2022	Chairman (Kaicho), Member of the Board of Directors of FG (current)
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) –

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Audit Committee
Chairperson of the Risk Committee
Member of the IT / Digital Transformation Committee

Hisaaki Hirama (born on December 26, 1962)

Business Experience
April 2014	Executive Officer / General Manager of Marunouchi–Chuo Branch Division No.1 of BK
April 2015	Executive Officer / General Manager of Nagoya Corporate Branch of BK
April 2017	Managing Executive Officer / Head of Internal Audit Group of BK
April 2019	Advisor to Audit Committee of FG
June 2019	Member of the Board of Directors of FG (current)
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) –

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Chairperson of the Nominating Committee 

Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (born on November 18, 1946)

Business Experience
December 1974	Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Corporation (current Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation)
April 2005	Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
April 2007	Representative Director, Member of the Board, President of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation*
	Representative Director, Member of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
June 2012	Outside Director of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (until March 2015)
April 2015	Chairman, Japan Association of Corporate Executives (until April 2019)
June 2015	Member of the Board, Chairperson of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation*
September 2015	Outside Director of Toshiba Corporation (until July 2020)
June 2018	Chairman of Board of Directors, Outside Director of Toshiba Corporation (until July 2020)
June 2020	Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current)
June 2021	Director of the Board of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation* (until June 2022)
	Chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated (current)
	*Current Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Audit Committee 

Ryoji Sato (born on December 7, 1946)

Business Experience
April 1969	Joined Nikko Securities Co., Ltd (current SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.)
October 1971	Joined Tohmatsu Awoki & Co.*
February 1975	Registered as Certified Public Accountant
May 1983	Partner of Tohmatsu Awoki & Co.*
June 2007	Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
November 2010	Senior Advisor of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC (until May 2011)
September 2015	Outside Director of Toshiba Corporation (until June 2019)
July 2016	Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Nippon Life Insurance Company (Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Life Insurance Company from July 2022) (current)
June 2020	Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current)
	*Current Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), Nippon Life Insurance Company

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Member of the IT / Digital Transformation Committee

Takashi Tsukioka (born on May 15, 1951)

Business Experience
April 1975	Joined Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
June 2007	Executive Officer and General Manager of Supply & Logistics Department of  Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
June 2008	Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Supply & Logistics Department of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
June 2009	Director and General Manager of Supply & Logistics Department of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
June 2010	Managing Director and Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
April 2011	Managing Director of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
June 2012	Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
June 2013	Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
April 2018	Chairman and Representative Director of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
June 2020	Special Advisor of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
June 2021	Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current)
June 2022	Honorary Advisor of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (current)
June 2023	Outside Director of MITSUI-SOKO HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (current)
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Honorary Advisor of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. Outside Director of MITSUI-SOKO HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Member of the Audit Committee

Kotaro Ohno (born on April 1, 1952)

Business Experience
April 1976	Appointed as Public Prosecutor
July 2009	Vice-Minister of Justice
August 2011	Superintending Prosecutor at Sendai High Public Prosecutors Office
July 2012	Superintending Prosecutor at Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
July 2014	Prosecutor-General
November 2016	Special Counsel of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (until Dec 2022)
May 2017	Outside Director of AEON Co., Ltd. (until May 2023)
June 2017	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of ITOCHU Corporation (until Jun.2021)
	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Komatsu Ltd. (current)
January 2023	Advisor of Atsumi & Sakai (current)
June 2023	Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current)
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Komatsu Ltd. Advisor of Atsumi & Sakai

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Chairperson of the Compensation Committee
Member of the IT / Digital Transformation Committee

Masami Yamamoto (born on January 11, 1954)

Business Experience
April 1976	Joined Fujitsu Limited
June 2005	Corporate Vice President* of Fujitsu Limited
January 2010	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President of Fujitsu Limited
April 2010	President of Fujitsu Limited
June 2010	Representative Director, President of Fujitsu Limited
June 2015	Representative Director, Chairman of Fujitsu Limited
June 2017	Director, Chairman of Fujitsu Limited
	Outside Director of JFE Holdings, Inc. (current)
June 2019	Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current)
	Director, Senior Advisor of Fujitsu Limited (current)
	*In June 2009 the official titles were changed from "Corporate Vice President" to "Corporate Executive Officer" respectively.
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Director, Senior Advisor of Fujitsu Limited Outside Director of JFE Holdings, Inc.

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Chairperson of the IT / Digital Transformation Committee

Hiromichi Shinohara (born on March 15, 1954)

Business Experience
April 1978	Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (NTT)
June 2009	Senior Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Member of the Board of the Company, NTT
June 2012	Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Member of the Board of the Company, NTT
June 2014	Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, Representative Member of the Board of the Company, NTT
June 2018	Chairman of the Board, NTT
June 2021	Outside Director, Yamaha Corporation (current)
June 2022	Executive Advisor, NTT (current)
June 2023	Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current)
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Outside Director, Yamaha Corporation Executive Advisor, NTT

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Member of the Nominating Committee
Member of the Risk Committee

Izumi Kobayashi (born on January 18, 1959)

Business Experience
April 1981	Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries, Ltd.(currently Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation)
June 1985	Joined Merrill Lynch Futures Japan Inc.
December 2001	President and Representative Director of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (current BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)(until November 2008)
November 2008	Executive Vice President, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank Group
July 2013	Outside Director of ANA HOLDINGS INC. (current)
June 2014	Outside Director of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (until June 2023)
July 2014	Member of the Risk Committee of FG (as an outside expert who is not a director) (until June 2017)
June 2017	Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current)
June 2020	Outside Director of OMRON Corporation(current)
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Outside Director of ANA HOLDINGS INC. Outside Director of OMRON Corporation

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Risk Committee

Yumiko Noda (born on January 26, 1960)

Business Experience
April 1982	Joined Bank of America, Tokyo
March 1996	Deputy General Manager and Head of Structured Finance, The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, London
January 2000	Partner, Head of PPP and Privatization, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Japan)
June 2007	Deputy Mayor, Yokohama City
January 2011	Partner, Head of PPP and Infrastructure, PwC Advisory
October 2017	President and Representative Director, Veolia Japan K.K.*
June 2020	Chairman and Representative Director, Veolia Japan K.K.*(current)
June 2021	Outside Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd (current)
	Outside Director, Benesse Holdings, Inc. (current)
June 2023	Member of the Board of Directors (Outside Director) of FG (current)
	*Current Veolia Japan GK
(Status of Major Concurrent Office) Chairman and Representative Director, Veolia Japan GK Outside Director, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd  Outside Director, Benesse Holdings, Inc.

(As of April 1, 2024)

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